Sui (衰): Meaning in the Twelve Stages

Sui is the stage of maturity in the twelve stages. Its keywords are maturity and thoughtfulness, and its energy is moderate.

Japanese	衰 (すい)
Life image	Maturity (8 of 12)
Energy	Moderate
Before and after	Teiō → Sui → Byō
In Sanmeigaku	Tendō

Personality

The mature stage, momentum settled and experience gained. Modest and thoughtful, you step back to see the whole and support others with calm judgement.

Sui in each pillar

A stage appears in each of the four pillars of the chart. The same Sui shows in different areas of life depending on the pillar.

Pillar	Stands for	With Sui here
Year pillar	Youth, family line and elders	In youth and within the family line, the nature of Sui shows readily.
Month pillar	Your public face, work and prime years	In society and at work, the side of Sui shows. This is the most important place in the chart.
Day pillar	Yourself, your spouse and home	With Sui in the day pillar, you are gentle and conservative and build a settled home.
Hour pillar	Later life, children and inner wishes	In later life, with children and in your deepest wishes, the nature of Sui is said to appear.

The other stages

For all twelve, see the twelve stages; for the character stars, the Ten Gods. These are general tendencies; a real reading combines them with the Ten Gods and the whole chart.